Thesaurus: bream

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1. n. A European fresh-water cyprinoid fish of the genus Abramis, little valued as food. Several species are known.
2. n. An American fresh-water fish, of various species of Pomotis and allied genera, which are also called sunfishes and pondfishes. See Pondfish.
3. n. A marine sparoid fish of the genus Pagellus, and allied genera. See Sea Bream.
4. v. t. To clean, as a ship's bottom of adherent shells, seaweed, etc., by the application of fire and scraping.
5. n. flesh of various freshwater fishes of North America or of Europe
6. n. flesh of any of various saltwater fishes of the family Sparidae or the family Bramidae
7. n. any of numerous marine percoid fishes especially (but not exclusively) of the family Sparidae
8. n. any of various usually edible freshwater percoid fishes having compressed bodies and shiny scales; especially (but not exclusively) of the genus Lepomis
9. v. clean (a ship's bottom) with heat
10. 1. (Zoöl) A European fresh-water cyprinoid fish of the genus Abramis, little valued as food. Several species are known. 2. (Zoöl) An American fresh-water fish, of various species of Pomotis and allied genera, which are also called sunfishes and pondfishes. See Pondfish. 3. (Zoöl) A marine sparoid fish of the genus Pagellus, and allied genera. See Sea Bream. To clean, as a ship's bottom of adherent shells, seaweed, etc., by the application of fire and scraping.
11. A European fresh-water cyprinoid fish of the genus Abramis,little valued as food. Several species are known.
12. n:100 n. flesh of various freshwater fishes of North America or of Europe n. flesh of any of various saltwater fishes of the family Sparidae or the family Bramidae v. clean (a ship's bottom) with heat